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tikimoof 's review for:
The Lord of Stariel
by A.J. Lancaster
I got this because I liked the cover from the SPFBO contest.
This has exactly the kind of romance that I like, where it's super slow-burning, but the characters already knew each other so it still doesn't feel like a poor life choice. And it's in another one of those pseudo-regency/early-1900's-but-with-magic! settings, which are always a love-it-or-hate-it affair with me. The will-they-won't-they also had enough justification that
I really enjoyed the humanity of every character. Everybody obviously had their own goals and motivations, and obviously worked towards them. But most people also had a basic, fundamental empathy, so I didn't have to worry about Hetta having a Fitz-like sobfest through the middle portion.
For my own personal bugbear, it had a reasonable response to women's roles in the universe. Not incredibly well-justified, but it was fleshed out enough for me to not angrily demand why the world was a certain way.
I guess my only complaint is that it ended up having really small stakes. I kept thinking it would ramp up, and it didn't. But it was also consistent with the way the story was set up, so eh. Just my general dislike of small scale books speaking, I guess.
I'd like to pick up the next one after I make it through all of these library books!
This has exactly the kind of romance that I like, where it's super slow-burning, but the characters already knew each other so it still doesn't feel like a poor life choice. And it's in another one of those pseudo-regency/early-1900's-but-with-magic! settings, which are always a love-it-or-hate-it affair with me. The will-they-won't-they also had enough justification that
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I wasn't too mad with it taking the whole book to resolve.I really enjoyed the humanity of every character. Everybody obviously had their own goals and motivations, and obviously worked towards them. But most people also had a basic, fundamental empathy, so I didn't have to worry about Hetta having a Fitz-like sobfest through the middle portion.
For my own personal bugbear, it had a reasonable response to women's roles in the universe. Not incredibly well-justified, but it was fleshed out enough for me to not angrily demand why the world was a certain way.
I guess my only complaint is that it ended up having really small stakes. I kept thinking it would ramp up, and it didn't. But it was also consistent with the way the story was set up, so eh. Just my general dislike of small scale books speaking, I guess.
I'd like to pick up the next one after I make it through all of these library books!